Ex-Wimbledon champion Vondrousova appeals to CAS over four-year doping ban
The Czech athlete was issued a suspension in June after she did not submit her sample when notified by a doping control officer. Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against her four-year ban for missing a doping test last year, the sport’s highest judicial body said.
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Key Facts
- Fact 1: Vondrousova’s ban ends on June 21, 2030, when she will be 30.
- Fact 2: The 27-year-old said in April she had “reached a breaking point after months of physical and mental stress” and added that an officer arriving at 8:15pm demanding an immediate test felt like a serious intrusion into her privacy.
- Fact 3: Vondrousova has said she never doped, and a test taken three days after the December 3 incident came back negative.
- Fact 4: The former world number six has not played since skipping the Adelaide International in January due to a shoulder injury and has dropped to world number 153.
The Czech athlete was issued a suspension in June after she did not submit her sample when notified by a doping control officer. Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against her four-year ban for missing a doping test last year, the sport’s highest judicial body said.
CAS on Tuesday confirmed the receipt of the appeal and said a hearing had not yet been scheduled. Vondrousova’s ban ends on June 21, 2030, when she will be 30. Gauff, Fils win Cincinnati tennis titles in run-up to US Open Tennis star Kyrgios provisionally suspended after positive test for cocaine ‘I have never doped’: Vondrousova says after receiving four-year tennis ban Kenya’s former New York marathon champion Korir gets five-year doping ban Vondrousova was issued the suspension in June after the International Tennis Integrity Agency said the Czech did not submit her sample when notified by a doping control officer in an out-of-competition test attempt at her home in December.
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Original source: Al Jazeera
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